House of the Rising Sun (Chromatic)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

 -3 -3   -4  4   -5 -5  -3 -3
There is a house in New Orleans
 -7  7    -7  7  6  -5
They call the Rising Sun
 6   -7   7    -4  4   -5 -5   -3 -3    4
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
 -3  3  -3  <3  2 <3 -3
And God I know I'm one

-7 7  -7  7   5 -5 -3 4  
My mother was a tailor
 -7 7    -7 7    6   -5
She sewed my new bluejeans
 -7 7     -7 7  5  -5  -3 4
My father was a gamblin' man
-3 3 -3 <3  2 <3 -3
Down in New Orleans

-7  7   -7  7  5   -5 -3     4
Now the only thing a gambler needs
-7 -7 7 -7  7     6 -5
Is a suitcase and trunk
 -7 7   -7    7  5   -5  -3  4 
And the only time he's satisfied
-3 3   -3   <3 2  <3 -3
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

-3 -3 -3   -5 -5  -5  -3
Oh mother tell your children
-7  7  -7  7   6      -5
Not to do what I have done
-7    7    -7     7  5  -5  -3 4
Spend your lives in sin and misery
-3  3    -3  <3  2   <3   -3
In the House of the Rising Sun

-7    7 -7  7   5   -5 -3    4
Well, I got one foot on the platform
-7   7    -7    7  6   -5
The other foot on the train
 -7  7    -7   7  5 -5 -3 4
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
-3  3   -3   <3    2 <3 -3
To wear that ball and chain

-7    7 -7  7    5  -5 -3     4
There is a house in New Orleans
 -7  7    -7  7  6  -5
They call the Rising Sun
-7   7   -7    7    5  -5  5   -3     4
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
 -3  3  -3  <3  2 <3 -3
And God I know I'm one

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